Filler pad



July l2, 1932. R. w. BuRRows FILLER PAD Filed March 19. 1929 WEENTOR BY l @ff/ A'ITQRNEY?.

Patented July 1,2, 1932 1,866,611y l I ViJNr1F.l STATES .PATENT oir-Fica y Rosana* w.' mmnows, or'rETaLU-MA, CALIFORNIA .FILLEB PAD .Application led -Iaoh 19, 1929. Serial No. 348,182.

The present invention relates to improvements in filler pads for packing purposes' generally and more particularlyy toa filler pad adapted for use in connection with the shipmentjof eggs or. of fruits having particularly delicate, -.thin or easily bruised skins.

The invention'has for its objects to @provide a pad structure wherein a relatively cheap material is used in layer formation for filling purposes,"and a mor'yieldable and softer material is used for a top or supporting surface, the layers being confined in an envelope. To provide' a confining envelope having a face or surface of tissue or other soft material and a back 4or supporting surface of morerigid and of tougher material. Other objects'fare to provide a composite layer pad adapted for packing. purposes generally, and which may be constructed cheaply. and

2 whichis designed'for ready use Where other pads are now employed.

With the abbve mentioned land other objects in view, the invention consists inthe novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the ac-` companying drawing, and set forth in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details-of construction-within the scope of the claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacricing any 'of the advantages of the invention. i

Referring to the drawingz- Fig. l isa wiew in plan of the preferred embodiment of the'invention with the tissue front wall or surface open to disclose the material therein.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view illustrating the layers of material and the attachment of the tissue surface to the supportingA back. Y

Fig. 3- is a view` similar to Fig. 2 but taken at right angles thereto.

In the drawing, 1 indicates aback wall or supporting surface of cardboard of any suitable configuration and plan, and on its surface rests a layer 2 of excelsior or other equiyalent material affording' the main filler structure for the pad surface.4 The layer 2 may be of any desired thickness in accord'- ance with the'use to which the pad is to be put; and on the same rests a layer 3 of tissue lnaterial preferably inthe forln of strips of tissue paper; A sheet or cover 4 completes the envelope and is drawn over the layer of tlssue material 3, and is secured as at 5 to the peripheral edges of the cardboard back 1.

-, Itwill be observed thatthisconstruction `(il) affords a yieldingv and at the same time relai tively strong supporting back -or wall surface for the pad, and presents a .structure having .an exceedingly soft and easily yielding supporting surface or face; `thisbicing made-possible by the layer 3`of tissue material such as paper in strip formation, and` the tissue paper front` or surface which conlines the excelsior' filler and the tissue material 3 within anv envelope and adapts they same for ready transporting or movement without the danger of becoming separated. f

If it is desirable,.or found to be necessary,

the layer of excelsior may be. adhesively or otherwise secured to the face of the 'back 1,

` andthe layer of tissue materialmay or may not, as the occasion demands, be adhesively spilling or the layers securedtothe surface'of the excelsior layer.

I claim V 1. A filler. pad comprising a back member of flexible relatively heavy paper stockma terial, a layer of intertwined excelsior filler resting on theface thereof vand-forming-a base, tissue strips arranged in layer. formationand resting on said excelsior base and providing a. yieldable-fller surface, and a tissue covering extending over said tissue' filler and secured to said back.

2. A composite filler pad comprisingA su-L perimposed layers of intertwined excelsior and tissue strips with the excelsior forming a base for the tissue strips, a cardboard sup-1 porting back therefor, and a tissue sheetded excelsior overlying and resting on said back member, a layer formed of intertwined elongated paper strips overlying and resting on said first mentioned layer, the {iexible front member for said pad being secured at its peripheral edge to said back member.

-In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

ROBERT W. BURROWS. 

